What's wrong with Opel's

[telecat]

Lots of times we hear that Vauxhall have to re-specify the Steering or suspension on the vehicles they bring into the UK as they do not steer sharply enough or the ride is too fidgety. Does every maker have to do this or do Opel not care?

[Muntu]

telecat said:

Opel's

Opel's what?

[veevee]

steering.

[fat freddie]

Never heard that one before.
To be honest I really can't see why GM persist in using the Vauxhall name with all its connotations of sh*tness in the UK when the rest of the EU calls them Opels.

They should rebrand them and add 10% to the prices them and watch all the "OMG German carz R soooo reliable" muppets snap them up.

[Riley Blue]

It's not unusual, manufacturers often engineer cars for specific markets.

Edited by Riley Blue on Friday 29th March 18:00

[Fleckers]

back in the 80's you could go to a garage and by either a vauxhall or opel

I have have many opels and never faulted them

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Opel's never were drivers cars thats the problem

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Fleckers said:

back in the 80's

80's what

to carry on the theme

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Riley Blue said:

manufacturer's

Manufacturer's what? (and there's probably more than one of them)

I'm getting into this game

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Opel's never were drivers cars thats the problem

Ooohh hat trick

(but drivers' should be carrying )

[Slow]

Fleckers said:

back in the 80's you could go to a garage and by either a vauxhall or opel

I have have many opels and never faulted them

Same for nissan/datsun

[cure]

I like quite a lot of Opels.

[talksthetalk]

From what I've seen on euro hire car Opi ( is this the plural of Opel?) , the steering is on the wrong side. Apart from the Irish ones. They probably say they've done this to make out they've done something special for amazing British drivers and special British roads.

[B17NNS]

[gforceg]

Trouble with that is, it isn't big enough.

''''''' scatter these around wherever takes your fancy.

[Futuramic]

Presumably there's noting wrong with Euro market Opels as they have left hand drive. I'd guess the Vauxhall problem is with shoddy RHD conversions.

Unless the question poser is in the Irish Republic; for which the same argument holds true on all counts bar the Vauxhall badges.

[Riley Blue]

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Riley Blue said:

manufacturer's

Manufacturer's what? (and there's probably more than one of them)

I'm getting into this game

Took my lead from the title, now de-apostrophied - happy Easter bunny now?

[Fire99]

Too many rot your teeth.

[DrDeAtH]

...and the name got changed to starburst....

[telecat]

Seriously Opel used to produce some really good cars. The Manta and Monza were 2 good example. Now it seems that Vauxhall want to be the "sport" brand. And as for the "adjustments" it seems that many initial reports on new models always refer to the car being not quite right until Vauxhall get hold of the reviews and redo the settings. The New Mokka for example. From being a wallowing barge in the initial reviews it suddenly has improved to a decent drive. Has anyone driven a German Opel versus a Vauxhall? Was there much difference?